Actuarial Update, March 2020
In the March Actuarial Update, Academy President D. Joeff Williams offers a message to members on the Academy’s continuing (remote) operations in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Related, the Academy has developed a webpage of related resources and FAQs covering COVID-19 and its possible effects on health spending and insurance. Also in the issue, the Academy remembers Past President Barbara Lautzenheiser and longtime member and World War II “Buffalo Soldier” Ivan Houston; the Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum, scheduled for November, will feature keynote speakers historian Michael Beschloss and political analyst Charlie Cook; a new “Actuary Voices” conversation with Academy Secretary-Treasurer Cathy Murphy-Barron; meet President-Elect Tom Campbell in the new “Member Spotlight” section; and the “Professionalism Counts” column looks at the importance of actuarial communication.